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Friday, July 24, 2009

There are lots of things I love about summer: lazy mornings and loose schedules, the smell of my kids' sun-kissed, brown bodies after a day at the pool, the sweet nectar of summer's fruit... These are the main ingredients of my summer.

Unfortunately, summer has a few ingredients that are rather bitter as well: obnoxious children who pick on their sisters until fists are flying bickering kids, a constant parade of humanity marching constantly in and out of my house and eating all of the food scheduling insanity, unimaginative kids who have lost the ability to entertain themselves for 5 minutes the occasional bout of boredom. And that's okay... really. I mean, what would ice cream be if you didn't add the salt?! You'd just have mush. I like to think the bitter ingredients balance the sweetness and keep it from becoming overwhelming.

The real problem is, there's no recipe for summer.

I just keep dumping stuff in the mixing bowl and hoping for the best. Every year I throw the same ingredients into the same bowl. And some days I get a brilliant fusion of flavors that dance on my metaphorical tongue.

And some days it's just crap.

On a decidedly better note, I've been eating like a queen all summer thanks to the fantabulous recipes on these blogs. If you aren't already regular readers you are seriously missing out. I've tried their recipes, and you know what? I never get crap...

I have to say I've made some KITCHEN WITCH recipes - awesome. I've also just found THE UNGOURMET and she's fantastic as well. Guess that means I'll have to head over to Good Cook. If she's as great as the other two I'll be set for the rest of the summer.

I've always said I'm bad at summer. Before I had a baby, I had to make a schedule for myself, just to survive. I'm a teacher, so I have the "time off". There's something about structure that I love - and keeping busy. It's decidedly harder when I'm the one making the schedule, instead of being the schedule follower.

This summer we seem to be surviving by going out of town a lot, but I don't know that that's really a helpful tip. :)

By the way that kid butt picture is hilarious! I'm enjoying your blog and will definitely check out the recipe blogs too. Thanks for stopping by my blog and for the comment. I love seeing new readers pop in!